Workers ‘felt a bit powerless’ waiting for jobs news

IT had been coming since December, but when it arrived it was still a shock.

Workers ‘felt a bit powerless’ waiting for jobs news
Fri, 09 Feb, 2007 - 00:00
Sean O’Riordan

That’s how workers at Pfizer reacted yesterday to news the company intends to shed 545 jobs by 2009.

For Martin Condon, a father-of-three from Onslow Gardens, it was a sad day. He has worked at the pharmaceutical plant in Little Island since 1982. First with Pharmacia, then with Gaeleo and Pfizer who took it over in 2003.

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